# CVE-2022-4145: Content spoofing

> Remote attackers can inject text into OpenShift OAuth pages to facilitate phishing, requiring administrators to apply security patches.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Oct 2023
- **Updated:** 3 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wjx7-c5qx-88jp

## What is CVE-2022-4145?

CVE-2022-4145 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Redhat Openshift Container Platform, published on 5 Oct 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A content spoofing flaw was found in OpenShift's OAuth endpoint. This flaw allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to inject text into a webpage, enabling the obfuscation of a phishing operation.

Weakness: CWE-74 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-4145?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Redhat Openshift Container Platform.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-4145?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-4145 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-4145 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-4145 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Openshift Container Platform

- [CVE-2020-27836](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-27836/): Missing authorization in cluster-ingress-operator (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-1085](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1085/): Misconfiguration in openshift-ansible (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2026-54099](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-54099/): Privilege escalation in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-1784](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-1784/): Ose-cluster-ingress-operator: remote code execution through haproxy configuration injection (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-20182](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-20182/): Privilege escalation in openshift (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-4145 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-4145 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Redhat Openshift Container Platform, published on 5 Oct 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-4145 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Redhat Openshift Container Platform. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4145/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4145/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-4145
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4145
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-4145

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4145/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.